Tracing or marking tool.



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lTRAGING D11-MARKING TOOL.

APPLICATION F-ILED MAR. ll, 1906.'

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TRACING OR MARKING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patenti atented March 12, 1907'.l

Application filed March '7, 1906. Serial No. 304,698.

To a/ZZ 'wh/mn it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. JoNEs, a

y citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county o f Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tracing or Marking Tools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference generally to improvements in markers or gages used in the arts by carpenters, machinists, or the like; and my present invention has reference more particularly to a novel tracing or marking implement or gage having a number of tracers or markers variously disposed in different sides or faces of the tool or implement, the same being arranged that one or more clearly-defined lines or marks may be produced upon a piece of wood or other article on the same or on different faces of the article which is to be marked. The invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a simply-constructed and cheaply-made marking or tracing tool or implement which can be easily manipulated for marking or tracing one or more lines upon one or two of the faces of the article which is to be traced or marked, all with a view of providing a gage or marking implement or tool which may be used as an ordinary gage or marker, but which is primarily adapted for use as a ldoor-butt gage for marking a door and door-frame at the pointswhere the wood is to be cut away for lthe reception of the respective leaves of the door-hinges.

A further object of this invention is to provide a tracing or marking implement or tool of the general character hereinabove set forth which may be usedv to mark vthe width and depth of a rabbet and may also be used for marking or V tracing parallel lines upon a surface when it is desiredxtoA produce a mor tise or groove or the like in the surface of the piece of material which has been marked.

A further object of this invention is to provide a marker or tracing implement or tool comprising a main body having guiding edges, the said body being provided with a plurality of guiding holes, in each one of which a stem or rod carrying a tracing or marking wheel or disk is adjustably secured and may be removably secured, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly mentioned Will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the tracing or marking tool, gage, or implement.

This invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figures 1 and 2 are two horizontal sectional representations of a door-frame and two styles of doors in their relative positions in said doorframes before being hung by means of the usual hinges, the said views showing an arrangement of traces or marks made with the tool or implement embodying the principles of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the door-frame shown in said Fig. l and an end elevation of the marking tool or implement, showing the same in its relative position against the edge of the door-frame for producing the traces or marks illustrated upon the door-frame in said Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is asimilar view of aportion of the door shown in said Fig. 1 and an elevation of the opposite end of the marking tool or implement, showing the same in itsrelative position against the edge of the door for pro ducng the traces or marks illustrated upon the door in said Fig, l. Figs. 5 and 6, respectively, are views similar to those represented in said Figs. 3 and 4, illustrating the use of the tracing or marking implement or gage with the door-frame and the door represented in said Fig. 2 of the drawings. Fig. 7 is a face view of the tool or implement, and Fig. 8 is a face view of the device looking in the direction of the arrow Yin said Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is a sectional representation of the device, said section being taken on line 9 9 in said Fig. 8; and Fig. 10 is a transverse section taken on line 10 10 in Fig. 7. Fig. 1l is adetail sectional representation of one of the tracer or marker rods and its tracing-wheel or marker, said view illustrating one arrangement of rotatively securing said wheel or marker upon the end of said rod.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said abovedescribed views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to said figures of the drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates the complete tracing or marking tool or implement or gage, the same comprising a suitably-formed body of metal or other suitable IOC IOS

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said body are a pair of tubular gui ding-holes 6 and 7,'a cylindrical rod 8 being 'slidably arranged in the hole 6 and a cylindrical rod 9 being slidably arranged in the hole 7, the said rods extending or projecting from theA opposite faces of the saidbody, as shown. The said rod 8 is provided upon its one end with a tracer or marker wheel or disk 10, `and likewise the said rod 9 is provided lat its 'one end with a tracer or marker wheel or disk 11. The said marker wheels or disks 1() and 1 lare respectively formed with sharp marginal tracing or marking edges 12 and 13, substantially of the form shown. Thesaid bars or rods 8 and 9 are slidably and reversably arranged in their guiding holes 6 and 7 and are secured in their adjusted and fixed relation within the said holes by means of suitable retaining means. The preferred retaining means or devices which I desire to use are Aa set-screw 14, which is arranged in a screw-threaded hole 4l5 inthe part 2, said screw 14 being provided with a head or linger piece 16 for screwing the opposite'end portion ofthe said screw 14 against and in binding relation with the side of the cylindrical rod 8, and a setscrew 71, which is' arranged in a screwthreaded hole 1 8 in the part 3, said screw 17 being provided with'a'liead or finger piece 19 for screwing the'opposite end portion of said screw 17 against and in binding relation with the side of the cylindrical rod 9. That the marginal tracing or markingedges 12 and 13 of the respective tracing or marking wheels or disks 10 and 11 will respectively extend beyond the edges 20 and 21 of the narrow part 3 of the body of the device, so that when using the onemarker or tracing wheel or disk the other marker or tracing wheel or disk will not produce a line'also, the said two rods 8 and 9 and their wheelsor disks 10 and. 11 are set out of vertical alinement, as/clearly shown in the several iigures or' the drawings and the purposes of which will be clearly evident. The said portion 2 is also provided with a laterally-extending guiding-hole 22 and an enlarged recessediportion 23,'a cylindrical rod 24 being ,slidably arranged in vsaid hole 22, having one of its ends extending from one face of said part 2 and the other end of said rod 24 extending into and through said recessed portion 23 'and being provided upon said end l with a marker or tracing wheel lordisk 25, which is provided with a sharp tracing or marking edge 26, substantially as illustrated. To rretain the said rod 24 in its adjusted. and 'lixedrpositiom the said they drawings, inwhich drawing I haverepresented for illustration the ,rod 8 and its wheel :or `disk 10. As 'shown in said Fig. 11,

the rod 8 is made With `a screw-threaded receiving-socket 30 and a redu'cedportionl, upon which thewh'eel or disk is rotatably arranged. The said wheel or disk is secured inits rolling relation upon said reduced portion 31 by means of Aa screw 32, the head 33 of which rests `within a centrally-disposed recess 34 in the face of the'tracing or marking disk or wheel 12, so that theace ofthe said head and the face of 'the wheel are rlush,for substantially so, as shown. 'The purpose oi this will be clearly evident, more `particularly from anin'spection olf-Fig. 3, land is to enable the operator to use the device 'for tracing or marking lpu-rposeswith a rabbet or closely againstfa projecting member extending from the face ofthe main vbody yportion upon which a mark or marks Lare 'to be produced.

As an illustration otusingrtheyt'racing -or marking tool or implement, it willbe necessaryto referto Figs. 1to'6, inclusive, 'of the drawings. In Figs. 1, I3, and 4l vhave represented lthe use ofthe device iior vrapidly laying out 'the marks to whichpartsloi the door- 'frame and adoor are yto be cutaway for the reception oi the leaves'ol the hinges. Referring now -to the Vsaid igures'ofthe drawings, the 'reference character' r35 indicates "a iporltion ofthe door-frame, land v36 isthe ldoor which in lthis `instance is to be hung -in the door-'iframe with lits'face 37 -lush with the lace `portion 38 offthefframe 35. Afterfhaving laid'out the distances from the top -and bottom'edges, respectively,ofthedoor-frame vand door 'therod-S, with its tracing or marking disk or wheel l1, is secured-1n the adjusted position, (indicated in IFigs3and 4,) as shown, and the rod -24.and `its tracing- 'wheel 25 are likewisesecured `in ftheir'adj usted` positions, vthe various parts having 'been secured in vtheir variously-adjusted positions according to the `kind and I' si'zeso 'the hingevleaves `whichareI to be flet'in the wood. vrPhe body'oi'the'tool or implement 'is :placed with its guiding edge'5 against lheed-ge 39of-the frame l35 in the 'manner indicated in F ig. 3, and by drawing the toolalong'the'saidedge thetracin-g orfmarkin'g edges of the wheels 11 and v25 will `simultaneouslymark the lines or slight depressions 40 and 4'1vinfthe`aces'of the frame 35, as elearlyiindicated in Figs 1 IOO vIo

and 3 of the drawings. To mark the corresponding face portions of the door 36, the body of the tool or implement is now re.- versed, its guiding portion 5 being slid along the corner edge 42 of the door, and the marking or tracing wheels 11 and 25 will in a like manner respectively produce the traces or marks 43 and 44 in the door, asclearly indicated in said Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings. Thus it will be seen that only two of the said rods and marking wheels or disks located in planes at right angles to each other in this case are necessary when the face of the door is ilush with the face of the frame. When, however, the door is to be let in, as indicated in Figs. 2, 5, and 6 oil the drawings, then it will be necessary to use the three rods and their tracing wheels or disks in the manner to be presently described. Referring now to Fig. 5, the device is first used in the manner herein set forth for producing, by means of the wheel or disk 25, the mark 44, a slight mark 45 being also made by the disk or wheel 11, which mark, however, is disregarded by the carpenter. The device is then reversed, so as to bring its guide portion 4 against the edge of the door-frame, as shown, and with the wheel or disk 10 of the previously-adjusted rod 8 the proper mark 46 is made. Having located the marks 44 and 46 by means of the disks or wheels 12 and 25 ofthe rods 9 and 10, the marks 47 and 48 are made in the faces of the door, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and in precisely the same manner as previously described.

From the foregoing of my present invention it'will be seen that I have devised a simple and readily-manipulated tool or implement or a gage for tracing or marking lines upon work and which is especially adapted as a butt-gage, supplied with ltracers or markers which can be used to work up closely to or flush with the door-casing where nailed to the jamb, and as the tracers or markers roll while cutting theedge of the chisel will enter a clean and straight mark, as it cannot follow any diagonal 'or cross grain in the wood marked. The tool or implement may also be used to mark with one gaging the depth and width of a rabbet, and it may be used also to gage the width and distance from the edge of the stuff of any ordinary mortise and tenon, as in cabinet and other work.

Since the marking edges oi' the several tracing or marking wheels or disks are sharp, they will cut while rolling and may be used to cut edges of plowing or grooving for inlay and other similar work, and finally the tool or implement may be used in various other ways and as any ordinary gage.

I claim- 1. A'tracing or marking implement cornprising a main body provided with an enlarged portion and a narrow portion extending therefrom, said enlarged portion and narrow portion producing oilsets forming a longitudinally-extending guide upon each side of the said main body, said portions being provided with a pair of longitudinal]y-extending guiding-holes, said wide portion being provided also with a single and' laterally-extending hole, said laterally-extending hole being arranged m a plane at right angles to the planes of the said longitudinally-extending holes, a rod slid ably arranged in each longitudinallyextending hole, a tracing or marking wheel on each rod, the marginal edge of the one wheel extending beyond one edge of said narrow portion, and the marginal edge of the other wheel extending beyond the other edge of said narrow portion, a rod slidably arranged in said laterally-extending hole, and a tracing or marking wheel on said rod, the marginal edge of said wheel extending be-l yond one of the marginal edges of said enlarged portion, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. Atracing or marking implement comprising a main body provided with an enlarged p orti on and a narrow portion extending therefrom, said enlarged portion and narrow portion producing offsets forming guides, said portions being provided with a pair or longitudinally-extending guiding-holes, said wide portion being provided also with a single and laterallyextending hole, said laterally-extending hole being arranged "in a plane at right angles to the planes of the said longitudinally-extending holes, a rod slid ably arranged in each longitudinally-extending hole, a tracing or marking wheel on each rod, the marginal edge of the one wheel extending beyond IOO one edge of said narrow portion and the marginal edge of the other wheel extending beyond the other edge of said narrow portion, a rod slidably arranged in said laterally-extending liole, and a tracing or marking wheel on said rod, the marginal edge of said wheel extending beyond one of the marginal edges of said enlarged portion, and set-screws for securing said rods in their iixed and adjusted positions, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of March, 1906.

ALBERT E. JONES.

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